Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction to piperacillin/tazobactam in a patient with an infected total knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92 B, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1596-1599

  Song, E K ^a,b   Seon, J K ^a,b   Jeong, M S ^a,b  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CETRAZOLE; INSULIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; RASH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYNOVITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE CEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; PENICILLANIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 78649431204     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B11.24827     Document Type: Article

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